Technical Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Technical Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Technical Support Engineer daily rate in the South East is £208, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 165 175
Rank change year-on-year +28 +10 +78
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 41 15 32
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.95% 0.40% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 0.43% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 13 27
10th Percentile £163 £164 £208
25th Percentile £204 £170 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 £200 £310
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -35.48% +87.88%
75th Percentile £211 £208 £315
90th Percentile - - £365
England median daily rate £208 £208 £245
% change year-on-year - -15.31% -10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £47.50 -
% change year-on-year -47.37% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,896 3,526 4,792
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 92.94% 94.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,521 2,196 3,118
10th Percentile £219 £237 £206
25th Percentile £400 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £686 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 372 144 240
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.44 £24.18 £24.32
Median hourly rate £25.00 £46.12 £52.20
Median % change year-on-year -45.80% -11.64% +49.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.73 £66.06
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Technical Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Technical Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Technical Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Support Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Technical Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Surrey +20 33 £208 +1.22% 4
Berkshire -1 6 £208 +3.75%
Thames Valley -6 6 £208 +3.75% 3
Hampshire - 2 - - 2
Technical Support Engineer
England

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Technical Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 34 (82.93%) OO
2 31 (75.61%) Browser DevTools
2 31 (75.61%) CSS
2 31 (75.61%) JavaScript
3 29 (70.73%) Oracle
4 28 (68.29%) Java
4 28 (68.29%) MySQL
4 28 (68.29%) Relational Database
5 27 (65.85%) Windows
6 26 (63.41%) Unix
7 24 (58.54%) Microsoft
8 23 (56.10%) Linux
9 22 (53.66%) SaaS
10 21 (51.22%) Ajax
10 21 (51.22%) AngularJS
10 21 (51.22%) GraphQL
10 21 (51.22%) Mobile Application Development
10 21 (51.22%) Perl
10 21 (51.22%) Python
10 21 (51.22%) React
10 21 (51.22%) User Experience
11 20 (48.78%) Android
11 20 (48.78%) Android Studio
11 20 (48.78%) Eclipse
11 20 (48.78%) Sauce Labs
11 20 (48.78%) Splunk
11 20 (48.78%) Xcode
12 19 (46.34%) ServiceNow
13 18 (43.90%) Wireless
14 13 (31.71%) Customer Service

Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.44%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 22 (53.66%) SaaS
2 20 (48.78%) Sauce Labs
3 4 (9.76%) Azure
4 1 (2.44%) AWS
4 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (43.90%) Wireless
2 6 (14.63%) HTTP
3 5 (12.20%) Wireshark
4 4 (9.76%) FTP
5 1 (2.44%) DNS
5 1 (2.44%) Network Security
5 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (68.29%) MySQL
1 28 (68.29%) Relational Database
2 7 (17.07%) MariaDB
3 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.44%) Power BI
4 1 (2.44%) Qlik Sense
4 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (75.61%) Browser DevTools
2 20 (48.78%) Android Studio
2 20 (48.78%) Eclipse
2 20 (48.78%) Xcode
3 10 (24.39%) Firebug
4 1 (2.44%) Fiddler
General
1 34 (82.93%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.44%) French Language
3 1 (2.44%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (75.61%) CSS
2 21 (51.22%) Ajax
2 21 (51.22%) AngularJS
2 21 (51.22%) GraphQL
2 21 (51.22%) React
3 10 (24.39%) HTML
3 10 (24.39%) XML
4 4 (9.76%) REST
4 4 (9.76%) SOAP
5 1 (2.44%) MDX
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (2.44%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 21 (51.22%) Mobile App
2 3 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.44%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 27 (65.85%) Windows
2 26 (63.41%) Unix
3 23 (56.10%) Linux
4 20 (48.78%) Android
5 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (82.93%) OO
2 21 (51.22%) Mobile Application Development
2 21 (51.22%) User Experience
3 13 (31.71%) Customer Service
4 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (9.76%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 4 (9.76%) Escalation Management
5 4 (9.76%) Incident Management
5 4 (9.76%) OOP
6 3 (7.32%) Data Protection
6 3 (7.32%) Service Delivery
7 2 (4.88%) Analytics
7 2 (4.88%) Backlog Management
7 2 (4.88%) Customer Experience
8 1 (2.44%) Case Management
8 1 (2.44%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (2.44%) Identity Access Management
8 1 (2.44%) Mentoring
8 1 (2.44%) Privileged Identity Management
8 1 (2.44%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 31 (75.61%) JavaScript
2 28 (68.29%) Java
3 21 (51.22%) Perl
3 21 (51.22%) Python
4 1 (2.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.44%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 29 (70.73%) Oracle
2 24 (58.54%) Microsoft
3 20 (48.78%) Splunk
4 19 (46.34%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.44%) Google
5 1 (2.44%) MicroStrategy
5 1 (2.44%) Okta